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Wacom Cintiq Companion 2 - quick thoughts
Jul. 29th, 2015 10:23 pmSo I received this on 7/21/2015. I thought that if I had a cintiq, I could draw faster, like drawing on paper~!
Silly me, its nothing like that!!! Its a whole new way of drawing...for better or for worse. I think it requires more getting used to. I've used it for a like 2-3 days but not as motivated to use it as often now. I've used the 22inch from work over the weekend a couple of months ago and it caused my shoulder to get worst than it already is because of my desk being too high and having to elevate my shoulder than when I should have kept it down. The cintiq 13 on the other hand, is too low. I didn't initially do this until maiki mentioned it to me, but I had to elevate the height with a box of paper. So before I was staring down at it and caused my neck to get really sore. Another injury I don't need to worsen again. Using the cintiq is going against everything I learned in Physical Therapy on sitting/computer posture T_T;;
Another negative: Windows 8.1!!!! What the shit is that?! I use Windows 7 and 8.1 just sucks! Where's the start menu? Why are they making things harder to find? I like my classic Windows. Give it back! I tried adjusting everything so it feels like 7 huhu...Took a while for me to install photoshop and paint sai because of the touch hand gesture issues I was getting and screen resolution being too small for the UI. Pinching and zooming didn't work for some reason so I had to make different work around with the function menu. I don't like using computer mode because of Windows 8, lack of keyboard and mouse (I even had to pull out another mouse to use on it). The display mode isn't too bad, but my computer, I found out, could only display 2 at the same time and not 3 T_T;;
13 screen is quite small. But 22 is too big for me. I hope they make something in between. A 17? Its weird drawing details zoomed in and not being able to see the image overall. I have a large monitor for my desktop...so I am used to seeing my drawing larger than my puny cintiq.
I'm not exactly happy with my new expensive machine, but I'll need to really get used to it. 1700 bucks!!! *sinks into empty wallet*
Silly me, its nothing like that!!! Its a whole new way of drawing...for better or for worse. I think it requires more getting used to. I've used it for a like 2-3 days but not as motivated to use it as often now. I've used the 22inch from work over the weekend a couple of months ago and it caused my shoulder to get worst than it already is because of my desk being too high and having to elevate my shoulder than when I should have kept it down. The cintiq 13 on the other hand, is too low. I didn't initially do this until maiki mentioned it to me, but I had to elevate the height with a box of paper. So before I was staring down at it and caused my neck to get really sore. Another injury I don't need to worsen again. Using the cintiq is going against everything I learned in Physical Therapy on sitting/computer posture T_T;;
Another negative: Windows 8.1!!!! What the shit is that?! I use Windows 7 and 8.1 just sucks! Where's the start menu? Why are they making things harder to find? I like my classic Windows. Give it back! I tried adjusting everything so it feels like 7 huhu...Took a while for me to install photoshop and paint sai because of the touch hand gesture issues I was getting and screen resolution being too small for the UI. Pinching and zooming didn't work for some reason so I had to make different work around with the function menu. I don't like using computer mode because of Windows 8, lack of keyboard and mouse (I even had to pull out another mouse to use on it). The display mode isn't too bad, but my computer, I found out, could only display 2 at the same time and not 3 T_T;;
13 screen is quite small. But 22 is too big for me. I hope they make something in between. A 17? Its weird drawing details zoomed in and not being able to see the image overall. I have a large monitor for my desktop...so I am used to seeing my drawing larger than my puny cintiq.
I'm not exactly happy with my new expensive machine, but I'll need to really get used to it. 1700 bucks!!! *sinks into empty wallet*
